Regis University is inspired by the particular vision of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), which poses the challenge to think critically, engage in personal reflection and serve those in need.

Faculty Bio

Scott Dimovitz

Professional Bio

Education

Ph.D., New York University

M.A., New York University

B.A., English, Kutztown University

B.S., Psychology, Kutztown University

I am interested in English and Anglophone literatures of the 20th and 21st century. I am particularly fascinated by modern and postmodern literatures that push the boundaries of what is considered “literary”—from James Joyce’s epic deconstruction of the novel form in Ulysses to Angela Carter and Salman Rushdie’s strangely surreal allegories of our contemporary world. I am currently finishing a monograph, Angela Carter: Surrealist, Psychoanalyst, Moral Philosopher, which explores Angela Carter’s problematic relationship with what she saw as the interrelated traditions of surrealism, psychoanalysis, and contemporary critical theory